Introduction to Professional Practice

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Introduction to Professional Practice
Introduction
Professional Practice in health and social care
is related to catering to the needs of individuals who
need medical or communal help (Crane and et. al.,
2019). The poster below highlights an episode of care
involving a 68 year old Alzheimer’s patient in
relation to C ommunity Service within NHS England.
Patient and Episode of Care
The episode of care is during my community
placement in a welfare home which was affiliated by
National Health Service (NHS). Moreover, it includes
a patient named Whang, who was a 68 year old
patient in the facility suffering from Alzheimer’s
disease. The episode involves a significant amount of
neglect and carelessness shown by the staff in context
of treatment of Whang due to him belonging to
different culture and having different dialect.
Linking Key points from the policy to the
Episode
The policy which could be linked to this
episode of care above is related to National
Policy within Community Service that is
followed by NHS. This policy emphasises upon
system-based planning, along with collaborative
working and integrated care systems directed
towards patient and transforming the way
healthcare is provided to individuals (Devlin and
et. al., 2018).
This relates with the quality of care as
while the same has been implemented in case of
other patients, it wasn’t such a case with Whang.
I found the reason for the same is Whang’s
dialect of English was not too clear, considering
it was not his first language, which made it
difficult for the staff to cooperate with him and
his health and social requirements. Therefore, he
started to face brief but evident level of
discrimination and neglect from the staff during
the practice, making no relation between what
the policy said and what was implemented.